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Free Walking Tours in Toronto
– Pay What You Feel
"Pay-What-You-Feel" with Canada's Original Free Tour Company
👣 Looking for a free walking tour in Toronto?
You found them! Sort of...
Tour Guys pioneered the free walking tour model in Canada back in 2009 that were free to join and guides worked exclusively for tips— and today we still offer tip-based walking tours of Toronto that are fun, informative, and accessible. You book for a small fee, join the group, and pay what you feel at the end. Real locals, real stories, no pressure.You found it. (Sort of.)
No pressure. No guilt. Just real locals, great stories, and the most fun you’ll have on foot in Toronto.
✅ How Free Walking Tours Work
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💵 Tip-based: Pay what you feel the tour was worth — after it’s done
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💳 Booking fee: Just a few bucks to reserve (we explain why below)
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👟 Small groups: Not 40-person mobs
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🧠 Local guides: No scripts, no actors, no fluff
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❤️ 100% of your tip goes to your guide
🇨🇦 Why Tour Guys?
We helped start the free walking tour movement in Canada.
Our guides are funny, smart, and know their stuff. We don’t do fake enthusiasm or scripted lectures. We do real stories, hidden gems, and a few weird facts you’ll be telling your friends back home.
You’re not just getting a walk. You’re getting a conversation.
Wait — why charge the booking fee?
We keep it honest:
We list on major travel platforms like Viator and GetYourGuide, which require a booking fee. It's how they get paid, and we reach more customers. A small portion of that also helps us run our website, scheduling tools, and pay our behind-the-scenes team.
Your guide gets 100% of the tip. Always.
👥 Upcoming Free Walking Tours
These are our Pay-What-You-Feel tours — no set price, just a small booking fee and whatever tip you feel they’re worth. Real tours, real locals, no gimmicks!
Why book now? Why not wait until the day of the tour?
Reserve your spot now so we know you're coming! The booking window closes the night before, and if no one books that tour, we don't send a guide out. If you wait, the window may close, and you'll miss your chance. If the window is still open for same-day tours, it means another guest has booked and the tour is not sold out.
Questions About Our Free Tours?
Is it really “pay-what-you-feel”?
Yes. You decide what the tour was worth when it’s over. No one follows you with a hat — though smiles are appreciated. Positive reviews are even MORE appreciated!
What if I don’t want to tip?
That’s up to you. We trust you to decide what the experience was worth. But most guests happily tip $10–$20. More, if they loved it!
Why do you have the booking fee?
For years, we didn’t — and we got ghosted. A lot.
Some guests booked and just never showed up. Others were “visa-padding” — booking fake tours to show they had travel plans.
We call them noncommittal no-shows.
It left our guides standing on corners with no guests, no tips, and no idea what happened.
Now we charge a small fee up front. It helps keep things fair — and ensures our guides aren’t wasting their time. It also helps us get found online by people searching for "free tours" when what they want are low-cost tours. Here you are!